A Concise History of the United States of America
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A Concise History of the United States of America

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A Concise History of the United States of America

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Born out of violence and the aspirations of its early settlers, the United States of America has become one of the world's most powerful nations. The book begins in colonial America as the first Europeans arrived, lured by the promise of financial profit, driven by religious piety and accompanied by diseases which would ravage the native populations. It explores the tensions inherent in a country built on slave labour in the name of liberty, one forced to assert its unity and reassess its ideals in the face of secession and civil war, and one that struggled to establish moral supremacy, military security and economic stability during the financial crises and global conflicts of the twentieth century. Woven through this richly crafted study of America's shifting social and political landscapes are the multiple voices of the nation's history: slaves and slave owners, revolutionaries and reformers, soldiers and statesmen, immigrants and refugees. These voices help define the United States at the dawn of a new century.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. A Concise History of the United States of America
  3. Series title
  4. Dedication
  5. Title
  6. Copyright
  7. Contents
  8. Figures
  9. Tables
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. Introduction: The Making of a New World
  12. 1: New Found Land: Imagining America
  13. 2: A City on a Hill: The Origins of a Redeemer Nation
  14. 3: The Cause of All Mankind: From Colonies to Common Sense
  15. 4: Self-Evident Truths: Founding the Revolutionary Republic
  16. 5: The Last, Best Hope of Earth: Toward the Second American Revolution
  17. 6: Westward the Course of Empire: From Union to Nation
  18. 7: A Promised Land: Gateway to the American Century
  19. 8: The Soldier’s Faith: Conflict and Conformity
  20. 9: Beyond the Last Frontier: A New Deal for America
  21. 10: A Land in Transition: America in the Atomic Age
  22. 11: Armies of the Night: Counterculture and Counterrevolution
  23. Notes
  24. Guide to Further Reading
  25. Biographies
  26. Index